Comments on: Are you losing traffic to Google’s new “Did you mean” change?

By: Greg Hurley

Greg Hurley — Fri, 08 May 2009 23:29:40 +0000

I have noticed I get MORE traffic from this. My website is the #1 for my main 2 keywords and both words are commonly mistyped, by me and everyone else. I now see the mistyped keywords as sources of traffic in Google Analytics. I can understand being frustrated by this, but it does have advantages.

By: netmeg (netmeg)

netmeg (netmeg) — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 10:32:48 +0000

@vanessafox “should you just change your name?” apparently yes, if google thinks you are a typo http://tinyurl.com/bzxsqp

By: toddysm (toddysm)

toddysm (toddysm) — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 04:39:48 +0000

RT @jenstar Are you losing traffic to Google’s new “Did You Mean” change? http://tinyurl.com/bzxsqp I really hate this new “feature”.

By: netmeg (netmeg)

netmeg (netmeg) — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 01:18:10 +0000

RT: @jenstar: Are you losing traffic to Google’s new “Did You Mean” change? http://tinyurl.com/bzxsqp Jen makes an example out of me!

By: jimmyadames (Jimmy Adames)

jimmyadames (Jimmy Adames) — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 01:15:50 +0000

RT @jenstar Are you losing traffic to Google’s new “Did You Mean” change? http://tinyurl.com/bzxsqp I really hate this new “feature”.

By: jenstar (Jennifer Slegg)

jenstar (Jennifer Slegg) — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 01:14:41 +0000

Are you losing traffic to Google’s new “Did You Mean” change? http://tinyurl.com/bzxsqp I really hate this new “feature”.

By: ToddySM

ToddySM — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 20:37:46 +0000

I think it is really concerning that Google ranks their suggestions higher. I also hate it when ompanies try to put in front of my eyes something that they think is good for me. @graywolf complained from personalized search few days ago and I think he is right that Google is taking it too far. You have good point also.
One more thing I want to add. Google tries to fight spam but I think it actually helps the spammers with this behavior. We know that people intentionally buy misspelled domain names and just publish bunch of ads there. Now if those spammers manage to rank their domain higher in Google they will get more traffic. This can be disastrous especially for small businesses.

By: elena

elena — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 18:36:38 +0000

Yes, this feature is quite annoying and has impacted how I optimize various keywords for clients. Even little things like adding an apostrophe to a word makes a difference now.

By: Internet Marketing Adaid

Internet Marketing Adaid — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 03:55:12 +0000

I had that problem with my business name adaid, when I was starting out. Now its all fine.

By: netmeg (netmeg)

netmeg (netmeg) — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 01:17:27 +0000

@rogerdooley yep; and also this http://tinyurl.com/bzxsqp